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Posted by Angel & Mariel on 15:46:32 04/02/11
In Reply to: Bell's Vireo, Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat: Cape Florida posted by Robin Diaz
Great birds Robin! There was some activity visible on radar but most interesting was movement by some rouge birds that flew into the wind. This was evident near the lower and upper keys as well as over Biscayne Bay. Coastal locations should hold more migrants than inland sites today.
Yesterday there was one possibly two Gray Kingbird on campus; it called often but we could not get a visual. We found a whole new group of migrants around with Indigo & Painted Bunting, Gray Catbird and Worm-eating Warblers most numerous. Chuck-will's-widow was a surprise and a new campus bird for us. Prairie Warblers have been singing in the mangroves but yesterday we did note an increase in numbers as well as many females which have not been around. A couple of Black-throated Blue Warblers were around along with a Cape May and a Black-throated Green Warbler. The Yellow-breasted Chat was a one day bird on campus a few days back. A flock of 32 American White Pelicans circled over the bay before grabbing a thermal and lifting up several hundred feet in a few minutes. Flocks of Great Blue Heron, Snowy and Great Egrets have been flying over heading NW at high altitudes this week. Least Terns have passed though but none have landed on the beach or sand bar across the bay. Magnificent Frigatebird have become more regular during the last few days along with an increase in Royal Tern. All of our wintering birds seem to have moved out and new birds are replacing them. We are still at the bottom of the migration bell curve; but we expect them to start to flow into the state in the following days.
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Angel & Mariel
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